In this video I share one of my favorite free resources for teaching phonics and spelling rules. I walk you through the Mr Spelling YouTube channel and show a few clips of his rap songs on vowel teams ...

Since 2010, five and six year-old children in England have been taught to read using a particular variant of "systematic phonics". "Phonics" describes methods of teaching reading that emphasise ...

Lincolnshire, IL – Today, 95 Percent Group LLC, the trusted source for comprehensive, proven literacy solutions, announced that its 95 Phonics Lesson Library™ is now listed on the Evidence for ESSA ...

Evidence-based reading research, or what many refer to as the Science of Reading, has been a much-discussed topic within the literacy landscape for the past few years. While it may seem like the “next ...

Primary Concepts, a provider of early education curricula, has released 81 free lessons on phonics concepts. Image Credit: Primary Concepts. Offered in the form of an e-book, FREEPhonics lessons use a ...

Victoria has just announced all government schools will be required to use phonics to teach reading from next year. This brings it in line with approaches in New South Wales, Queensland and South ...

There’s a new debate over phonics instruction bubbling up in the “science of reading” movement—one that demonstrates the intricate challenges inherent in making large-scale instructional change. More ...

Current government policy concerning reading favours synthetic phonics (SP), where children learn to recognise letters with their associated sounds – and how to blend those sounds to "read" the "words ...

New research has shown that learning to read by sounding out words (a teaching method known as phonics) has a dramatic impact on the accuracy of reading aloud and comprehension. There has been intense ...